David Cameron asks Germans to help avoid Brexit

U.K Prime Minister David Cameron appealed to Germany to help him push through European Union reforms, describing the two nations as "key allies" in creating a prosperous and secure union.

Writing in Bild newspaper Thursday Cameron said that the reforms he is negotiating will benefit the EU as a whole and “Germany can help deliver them.”

Cameron wrote that he believes in the principle of free movement of workers, but added “that should not mean the current freedom to claim all benefits from day one.”

He said that curbing migrants' benefits would make a "big difference" to British voters considering whether or not to remain in the EU. This issue has proved particularly controversial because the proposed restrictions are seen by some EU members as discriminatory.

The article comes amid signs of growing support for Cameron's proposals in Germany. He is expected to join German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a CSU party conference in Bavaria on Thursday.

Merkel, who supports Britain’s EU membership, said that she wants a “reasonable package" of reforms that would keep Britain part of the Union.

Manfred Weber, leader of the center-right European People's Party Group in the European Parliament, endorsed Cameron’s plan last week.

“This is really a wide European issue of justice," Weber said in an interview with the Guardian. "There can be a link with Cameron’s initiatives. It’s a European issue. Cameron is really creating the necessary pressure on this topic.”

Cameron's next stop is Hungary, where he will discuss his reform plans with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

Britain is expected to hold a referendum on whether to remain in the EU by the end of 2017.

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andrew barkanyi

UK will be a heavy burden on the EU’s shoulder.. soon. They are going to plunge into the sea shortly as global warming forecasts predict. They have no any special rights or essentially different from the Netherlands, or as for Dania, Norge and Sweeden. These will be allagedly the most hit by the plunge